This short description examines vocational education and training (VET) in Bulgaria. The overall aim is to help build bridges between VET systems, encourage learner and teacher mobility across Europe, and foster the understanding that Bulgaria's VET is first rate. Four sections focus on: (1) External factors influencing VET (demographics, economy and labor market indicators, educational attainment, and employment policies); (2) Provision of VET (VET in the national education and training system, financing VET, other forms of training, VET governance, teachers and trainers, and recent policy changes); (3) Shaping VET qualifications (anticipating skills needs, VET professions, state educational standards for VET, VET curricula, national qualifications framework, managing qualifications, validation for nonformal and informal learning, and quality assurance); and (4) Promoting VET participation (campaigns and easy-to-access registers, incentives for enterprises, guidance and counseling, and key challenges and opportunities).